Artist Profile: Darren Hart
By BILLY DIXON DARREN Hart, better known as Harts, is a musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and music producer from Melbourne. Often labelled as “a one man music making machine”, he writes everything, plays all the instruments, records and produces all his music singlehandedly in his bedroom studio. Spending the past few years developing his sound, Harts has become known for his Jimi Hendrix-like guitar...
The Electric Church
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS THINK your rock might be lacking gutsy grunge blues, or your passion for it withering? Then atone, my friends, and get yourself down to soul repenting, mystical “shakin & rockin” blues rock with The Electric Church. With eccentric mastermind Baron Franco on lead vocals/guitar as the charismatic front man of the band, flavoured by bassist, Jesse Ingram and interchanging with their tight new rhythmic drummer,...
Urban Spread returns
URBAN Spread heads into 2016 continuing its mission to bring quality music alternatives to the suburbs with the announcement that troubadour Kim Churchill and special guests Jordie Lane and Woodlock will be bringing some rootsy splendour to the Pelly Bar in Frankston and York On Lilydale in February, 2016. Kim Churchill (left) has already accomplished some amazing feats in his short time as a professional musician, matching his...
David Bowie
By BILLY DIXON David Bowie was a global cultural phenomenon with influence that rivalled that of the United States of America during the Cold War. With almost five decades active in music, artistry and other cultural endeavours, Bowie changed the world in a way that most rockstars who played away the ‘60s could only dream of. His fans spanned generations, loved by the young and young at heart. He was the public figure who made it...
Waxing lyrical about the past
By KEITH PLATT Steve Warner is a journeyman musician. Versatility and a readiness to try anything connected with playing and performing has enabled him to make a living in what is a very fickle industry. He’s felt the adulation of fronting a band wearing colourful clothes onstage and he feels satisfaction when he hears interpretations of the knowledge he’s passed on to his students. In between those two ends of the musical spectrum,...
10CC plays Frankston Arts Centre
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS Back in the 1970s an interesting art rock band called 10cc, hailing from Salford and Prestwich in England burst onto the music scene achieving considerable commercial success. Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme wrote and recorded together for three years before assuming the name of 10cc in 1972. After Godley and Creme left the band in 1976, Gouldman and Stewart remained. When Stewart left...